... by trawler and ship anchor snagging. This report documents the development of a new generation of 'weak link' connector, its use in current and future subsea systems and the associated savings both in capital and operational terms. 1.0 INTRODUCTION With the increasing need to develop marginal fields, the use...

... also be enhanced to provide diverless recovery/redeployment of the unit (vessel, pipework and instrumentation) by use of collet connectors. Two connectors will mate by vertical entry to complete the inlet and export flow paths and the PSM can be pulled and re-run with the techniques and equipment used...

... the wellhead and tubing hanger design Thereafter the followng items are addressed: a wellhead connector; a christmas tree; a flowline system; a control system; a workover system; a intervention (maintenance) system. All of these items or systems require preliminary design and integration before specifications...

... Christmas tree is assured by remotely operated subsea electrical and hydraulic connectors. Following exhaustive dry tests, a control system prototype was installed in the Agip Luna Field (Ionian Sea, Mediterranean) for long-term sea trials The project demonstrated that an autonomous control system...

... and retrieval of modules is guidelineless, but they are capable of guideline deployment. Tree module based on guidelines. There is provision of guidance and protection structures that allow a module to be guided within the template to an accuracy within the capture and capabilities of the intermodule connectors...